Classical Indian philosophy of induction

Chakrabarti, Kisor Kumar:
Classical Indian philosophy of induction : the Nyāya viewpoint / Kisor Kumar Chakrabarti. - Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, 2010. - xv, 311 S.
ISBN 978-0-7391-2276-1 / 0-7391-2276-2 (Hardcover)
ISBN 978-0-7391-4705-4 / 0-7391-4705-6 (eBook)
US$ 85,00
DDC: 161.0954; 181.43

Beschreibung
Induction is a basic method of scientific and philosophical inquiry. The work seeks to show against the skeptical tide that the method is secure and reliable. The problem of induction has been a hotly debated issue in modern and contemporary philosophy since David Hume. However, long before the modern era Indian philosophers have addressed this problem for about two thousand years. This work examines some major Indian viewpoints including those of Jayarasi (7th century), Dharmakirti (7th century), Prabhakara (8th century), Udayana (11th century) and Prabhacandra (14th century). It also discusses some influential contemporary positions including those of Russell, Strawson, Popper, Reichenbach, Carnap, Goodman and Quine. The main focus is on the Nyaya view developed by Gangesa (13th century). A substantial part of the work is devoted to annotated translation of selected chapters from Gangesa's work dealing with the problem of induction with copious references to the later Nyaya philosophers including Raghunatha (15th century), Mathuranatha (16th century), Jagadisa (17th century) and Gadadhara (17th century). An annotated translation of selections from Sriharsa (12th century) of the Vedanta school, Prabhacandra of the Jaina school and Dharmakirti of the Buddhist school is also included. A solution is presented to the classical problem of induction and the Grue paradox based on the Nyaya perspective. The solution includes an argument from counterfactual reasoning, arguments in defense of causality, analyses of circularity and logical economy, arguments for objective universals and an argument from belief-behavior contradiction. [Verlagsinformation]

Inhalt
Preface
Acknowledgements and Abbreviations
1. The Problem of Induction: East and West
2. The Later Nyāya Solution
3. The Method of Generalization (Vyāptigrahopāyaḥ)
4. Counterfactual Reasoning (Tarkaḥ)
5. Universal Based Extraordinary Perception (Sāmanyalakṣaṇapratyakṣa)
6. Earlier Views of Adjuncts (Upādhivādaḥ)
7. The Accepted View of Adjuncts (Upādhivādasiddhāntaḥ
8. Classification of Adjuncts (Upādhivibhāgaḥ)
9. Śrīharṣa's Khaṇḍanakhaṇḍakhādyam on Pervasion
10. Selected Passages from Prabhācandra's Prameyakamālāmārtaṇḍa on Critique of Pervasion and Inference
11. Selections from Dharmakīrti's Nyāyabindu on Non-Perception as a Probans
Selected Bibliography

Autor
KISOR KUMAR CHAKRABARTI is professor and chair of religion and philosophy and distinguished scholar in residence at Davis and Elkins College. He is author of The Logic of Gotama, Definition and Induction, Classical Indian Philosophy of Mind, and Introduction to Hinduism and Buddhism. Profile page.

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